Our Africa Dream List
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Mention you're going to Africa, and many people will immediately think you're taking a safari.... and you may be, but there's so much more. The cultures are exciting and the animals are amazing, so dream away... but it's a big continent so you need to think about where you want to start.
What We've Written About Africa...
Mali - Timbuktu or Dogon Country?
African Tented Camps
"Our" Silverback Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Gorilla Facts
Botswana Adventure
South Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar's Tsingy
Sample Madagascar Itinerary
Collecting Passport Stamps In South Africa
And For Info On Other Continents
That was part of the reason we had to go there... He had never heard of a walled city, and wanting to see it sparked his travel imagination.
That spark let us fill in our Africa dream list. What will spark your imagination and set you to dreaming?
We'll try to get you dreaming with some photos.... I know some of these pictures aren't what you would normally look for to illustrate the areas I'm suggesting for your dream trip... I chose them because we haven't had "cookie cutter" experiences on our travels.... we've done custom tours... and that's my point. You can come up with your own Africa dream list and a custom tour of your own.
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North Africa Dream List
Northern Africa borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. There are beaches to lounge on, Egyptian, Greek and Roman ruins to explore, souks, markets and fabulous walled cities to get lost in. There are deserts and mountains to revel in, camel caravans to take, and fabulous diving.
Tunisia is high on our dream list of places to visit as is Libya. Morocco has Marrakesh, Casablanca, Fez and don't forget the walled city of Rabat.
Egypt just seems like it's.... well, Egypt, but it IS part of Africa.... and in Egypt there is much to call to you..... the Pyramids, great and small, museums, the fabulous ancient sites along the Nile and the modern cities and Egyptian culture and traditions.
West Africa Dream List
What traveler hasn't dreamed of Timbuktu? Many people don't even know that it really exists... they think it just suggests travel to the ends of the world. We know that it means travel to a great little corner of the world.
Though we never really got to Timbuktu, we did discover a great little corner of the world in Mali. What we did see was fantastic culture and historic Mosques in Bamako, Mopti, Djenne, and Dogon Country.
In other countries of West Africa there are beaches, and fascinating cultures and safaris to take, but we haven't been there yet. We have friends who have taken a fantastic safari to the Congo and Gabon. The list goes on and on for places we'd love to get to... Senegal and The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Togo and Benin... and we will in time.
East Africa Dream List
Everyone wants to see the "Big Five" -- lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos and buffalo, and of course all the wonderful plains animals, but don't over look safaris that can take you to see chimps and gorillas. There are also beach resorts if you are so inclined.
We saw Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda and chimps in Tanzania. Uganda offers both in its Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Southern Africa Dream List
Southern Africa has so much to offer that it boggles the mind! Animals, great safari camps, cities, beaches, resorts, and wine tasting!!!!!!South Africa offers all of these by itself.... from Kruger National Park with its national park lodges and surrounding private game lodges to the scenery and wine tasting around Cape Town.
Head to Zambia for walking safaris.... to Zambia's border with Zimbabwe to experience Victoria Falls. (Our caveat here is that there are serious political problems in Zimbabwe at the moment.)
Botswana has the fabulous Okavango Delta and unique safari opportunities in the Kalahari Desert. We stayed with a friend of ours at Jack's Camp. If you've taken a safari and you want a great new experience put that on your Africa dream list.
Namibia conjured up visions of the Great Namib Desert, and we did explore that and also the seaside city of Swakopmund. It's a friendly county where it's easy to take a self-drive safari to Etosha Pan National Park. We stayed with farmers and conservationists Maria and Jorge right next to The Cheetah Conservation Fund property. Something you could do too if it captured your imagination.
Is Madagascar On Your Dream List?
The Malagasy people don't necessarily consider themselves part of Africa. Are they part of Africa or an Indian Ocean country? Either and both. When I describe Madagascar's location, I say it's off the south east coast of Africa, so we'll include it on this dream list. You won't get the big and hairy type animals that you get "over in Africa", but the endemic animals and plants are exotic and cute and amazing.
Madagascar had us dreaming for years, and we were not disappointed once we got there. Definitely worth the effort it took to get there... it deserves to be on your dream list.
So, have we got you making out your own Africa dream list? If you write it down and start collecting information, you'll find you soon move on to making plans and you might actually get there. Don't limit yourself just to the beautiful lodges and hotels, look into the fantastic African tented camps that will let you feel like a real African explorer.
Here's to dreaming.
Happy travels... even if you don't travel the world... just remember that life is a journey... embrace and enjoy it! Judy and Mark
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